New York Times:
The New York State Assembly passed an important measure to reform the state’s 700-plus public authorities, which are in desperate need of oversight.
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India Times:
India will be the third largest economy in the world after China and US by 2050, a US-based think tank has said. World's top 20 countries to live | 10 challenges for India. (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Nobel Prize winner and former vice president Al Gore gave a wide-ranging, passionate talk at VentureBeat’s GreenBeat 2009 conference yesterday in San Mateo about combating global warming. We already liveblogged Gore’s talk, b (Read More)
India Times:
India evaded the eye of the storm that sucked the global economy into the worst downturn since the Great Depression, and has emerged, along with China, as a leader of the nascent worldwide recovery. (Read More)
India Times:
Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee said the government would delete the contentious part of the new cane pricing rule. Top 10 challenges for India. (Read More)
paidContent.org:
Sony and Barnes & Noble may be launching two of the most high-profile challengers to Amazon’s Kindle, but supply chain challenges could keep both companies from denting Kindle’s (Read More)
Reuters:
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India evaded the eye of the storm that sucked the global economy into the worst downturn since the Great Depression, and has emerged, along with China, as a leader of the nascent worldwide recovery.
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TechCrunch UK:
This is our third guest post written by a London-based VC. To allow them to speak plainly without jeopardising their fund or their career in the small village that is the London VC scene, I’m allowing them to post anonymously (Read More)
Reuters: Lifestyle:
ROME (Reuters Life!) - Iraq's Zaha Hadid, one of the world's most acclaimed architects, has given this ancient city that normally shuns modern intrusions another controversial building -- a new museum dedicated to contemporar (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Our own Marshall Kirkpatrick's dreaded brain chip for controlling computers and mobile devices may be closer than even he suspected.Intel researchers in Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh! - told journalists today that brain implants ar (Read More)
Reuters: International News:
ROME (Reuters) - Roman Catholics should look beyond the divisive issue of ordaining women to see how much they share with the world's Anglicans and work toward greater Christian unity, the head of the Anglican Communion said (Read More)
India Times:
SP’s project to woo back Muslims in Uttar Pradesh appears to be fraught with challenges, even as the party rehashes the formula of returning to its hard-line avataar in a bid to outwit Congress. (Read More)
timesofindia.indiatimes.com:
City-based Legal Process Outsourcing firms are gearing up to meet the opportunities and challenges thrown up by the global economic recovery. (Read More)
VentureBeat:
The seminal conference on the Smart Grid has arrived.Our two-day inaugural GreenBeat conference kicks off this afternoon at the San Mateo Marriott, bringing together 400 utility, finance, political and entrepreneurial leaders (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
American Express just announced that it plans to acquire Revolution Money for $300 million. The deal is still subject to regulatory approval. Revolution Money, which was founded by AOL's co-founder Steve Case, launched in 200 (Read More)
Reuters: Deals:
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Portfolio Recovery Associates Inc shares have gained more than 44 percent so far this year, at a time when the weak economy poses considerable challenges for the debt collector.
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India Times:
Pranab Mukherjee, who heads Empowered Group of Ministers on foodgrains, however, did not reveal the quantum & timing of imports. Top 10 challenges for India. (Read More)